How common is the surname Decosta?

3,280 people in the United States had the surname Decosta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 94,130 Americans. It ranked 9,861st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Decosta getting more or less common?

More common. 3,274 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,280 in 2010, up 0.2%.

The surname Decosta

A surname, carried by 3,280 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex D223

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Decosta is more common than 93.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,280 people named Decosta in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 94,130 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 3,274.

#9,861

rank among US surnames

3,280

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+0.2%

change since 2000 (was #9,160)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,853	Morello	3,283	94,044
#9,854	Velazco	3,282	94,072
#9,859	O'Boyle	3,281	94,101
#9,861	Decosta	3,280	94,130
#9,865	Reneau	3,279	94,158
#9,870	Biles	3,278	94,187

Who is named Decosta

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

69% of people named Decosta identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 7.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 69%
Black (not Hispanic) 12%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.7%
Two or more races 6.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 4.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Decosta

Decosta has the Soundex code D223, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D223.

Questions

How common is the surname Decosta?: 3,280 people in the United States had the surname Decosta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 94,130 Americans. It ranked 9,861st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Decosta?: In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Decosta identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Decosta getting more or less common?: More common. 3,274 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,280 in 2010, up 0.2%.